Emergency Nurse
Editor's choice
The highs and lows of being a patient with an eating disorder in emergency care
Service user James Downs on how compassionate nurses made him feel worthy of being cared for
Newsroom
What do you want the new prime minister to do for nurses?
We need your views on what actions they should take to benefit the profession
Singing children’s nurse moves viewers to tears in Great Ormond Street video
Patient's mother praises nurse Beth Porch as hundreds respond to moving clip on Twitter
Health and care services reaching tipping point, RCN warns
Nurses take their concerns over the NHS staffing crisis to parliament
Ambulance service appoints nurse ambassadors to promote profession to the public
North West Ambulance Service nurses will support colleagues’ career development too
Northern Ireland looks to consolidate stroke care into hyper acute units
Proposed stroke care models to offer 24/7 expert care and career development for nurses
Disinfectant fails to remove superbugs from hospital surgical gowns, study finds
Researchers find Clostridium difficile spores and advise robust infection control
Evidence and Practice
Time is precious: person-centred end of life care in an emergency department
A quality improvement project undertaken in one ED at a major tertiary referral hospital
Reducing attendance at trauma clinics by providing first-point-of-contact treatment
Implementing trauma pathways in two of Oxfordshire’s community minor injury units
Full-thickness burns due to contact with gastric acid
This article highlights the potential harm caused by gastric acid
How ED four-hour target affects clinical outcomes for people with a personality disorder
This article challenges the perception of the target as beneficial for all patients
Responding to nerve agent poisoning: a guide for emergency nurses. Part 2
The second part of our emergency nurse guide on nerve agents
Nursing patients with acute aortic dissection in emergency departments
This article aims to increase emergency nurses’ knowledge of acute aortic dissection
Features
ED nursing team makes end of life care a priority
How one trust created a pathway to enable people to die at home
The leadership strategy that changed the way others – and my team – saw our department
RCN Nurse of the Year 2019 led the transformation from ‘just outpatients’ to outstanding
Rapid triage: award-winning action plan slashes four-hour target breaches
How an emergency nurse practitioner team transformed an under-pressure eye casualty service
Escalation of youth violence piles pressure on care providers
Violence epidemic is placing new demands on healthcare staff beyond the clinical
Hospital opens door to fresh start for patients with personality disorder
A hospital’s ‘open door’ helps people with emotionally unstable personality disorder to cope
Buddying scheme is improving care for people in mental health crisis
A collaborative project is creating a safe place for people in crisis
Opinion
The highs and lows of being a patient with an eating disorder in emergency care
Service user James Downs on how compassionate nurses made him feel worthy of being cared for
The importance of keeping our nursing knowledge up to date
It is vital to read widely and keep abreast of what is current in our learning
Join the Emergency Care Association at RCN Congress and make your voice heard
Congress on 19-23 May can be a great platform to generate and share ideas
Students
Leading on a cardiac arrest made me confident in giving CPR
Aiding a woman after a heart attack made a student more confident in handling emergencies
On the front line with a paramedic
A day spent shadowing a paramedic showed the complex range of skills this role requires, and...
Careers
Emergency nurse appointed to medical college committee
April McKay on why emergency nursing inspires her so much
'Saving lives isn't just about resuscitation'
Consultant nurse Sarah Charters says mental health is one of EDs' biggest challenges...
'Just when you think you have seen it all... you really haven’t'
RCNi Award finalist Julie Reeve talks about her 30-year career in nursing